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- 01 Sep 2023
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Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
on his land. Kearns has documented it all. “Genealogy is an opportunity to uncover, be inspired by, and share stories of all people,” says Kearns, a marketing director for Amazon Web Services and board member of the nonprofit National...
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- 01 Dec 2023
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Venturing Forth
Illustration by Adam McCauley Venture capital is a heady industry: Big bets mean big checks when the deals hit right. And for most of the last decade, those taking part in the funds were riding high: Capital was abundant, valuations were soaring, and the stock market...
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- 04 Feb 2021
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Andy Jassy Named Amazon’s New CEO
Amazon announced this week that Andy Jassy (MBA 1997) will take over the role of CEO from founder Jeff Bezos later this year. Jassy has been with Amazon since 1997 and currently runs View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
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Pet Project
Illustration by Shane Cluskey Like pet owners everywhere, Katie Spies (MBA 2019) would do anything for her dog. In 2014, when her Italian greyhound, George, started experiencing seizures and other health problems that didn’t respond to medications, the vet recommended...
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- 01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier
from being just consumers to also creators (publish posts on social media) Interactive web pages User-generated content; can be shared and customized Rise of social media, e-commerce, online services User data controlled by central authorities: Apple, Meta (Facebook),...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Apr 2015
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Warrior Spirit
player,” he says, citing Amazon and Alibaba; Apple and Samsung; Twitter and Weibo. “America has just 320 million people. Yes, GDP per capita is higher, but Asia is growing by leaps and bounds. If you localize and execute a proven US...
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- 12 Jan 2023
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‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data
lending process driven solely by data. Working for Amazon in Seattle at the time, he went to some data-scientist friends armed with 1.2 million Small Business Association (SBA) loan records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act....
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Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
adds, big acquisitions and IPOs started happening in the MENA region, catalyzing a virtuous cycle of entrepreneurial activity and investment: Amazon acquired Souq for $580 million in 2017 and Uber purchased Careem for $3.1 billion in...
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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
advantageous prices with publishers and offer deep discounts to customers. Analysts sounded the death knell for independent bookstores—and indeed, all physical bookstores—yet again. And this time it seemed as though they had finally gotten it right. In 1993, before...
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April White
- 17 Mar 2020
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A Bid for the Future
included growing the tech sector through a large investment in computer-science education. That idea would become the centerpiece for the commonwealth’s bid for the Amazon headquarters. “People think about economic development folks...
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- 23 Oct 2019
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A Bid for the Future
sense, and that would still be a huge boon to the community that won the bid. But when the RFP landed in his inbox at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) later that same afternoon in September 2017, Moret found that View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Case Study: Power Nappy
late at night, now that she’s up in the wee hours feeding her baby and scrolling Amazon on her phone, Saigal starts to question the exclusive direct-to-consumer route. “Are we losing out by not being on Amazon—and in retailers like Whole...
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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
High Yields
100,000 jobs and $82 billion worth of value. Amazon famously entered the space in 2013, announcing plans to use drones for its 30-minute delivery service, but there’s plenty of startup activity, too. Hawk Aerial, launched last year by CEO...
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Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2024
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Elevator Pitch: Bridging the Gap
Anas Aljumaily (MBA 2017) Elian Pres-Gurwits (MBA 2018) Cofounders, Gently Concept: Focused on urban markets, Gently is a last-mile delivery service that uses predictive analytics, electric trucks, and “nano-fulfillment” centers to provide sustainable, affordable...
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- 02 Nov 2021
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The Road to Racial Equity
among the first class of companies (along with Amazon and Bain Capital) to commit to the standards. The program is focused on “calling organizations in, not calling them out,” Rice says. The webcast is available on YouTube.
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- 05 May 2017
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Barnes & Noble Names Demos Parneros CEO
feature full-service restaurants. The changes are in reaction to a market that, as the Times notes, is in flux: After decades of decline, independent bookstores have rebounded. The American Booksellers Association counted 1,775 member stores in 2016, up from 1,410 in...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Manufacturing: The Supply Chain Goes High Tech
seeing more and rapid change: The digital revolution is only about halfway through transforming the manufacturing sector. What’s next in manufacturing? “As physical retail declines, manufacturers are being forced to think about how to reach the market. The obvious...
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- 22 Jun 2023
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Book Smart
David Risher (MBA 1991) was on a family trip to Ecuador in the spring of 2009, volunteering and touring a local orphanage in Guayaquil, when he noticed a padlock on a nearby building. It turned out it was the local library—and no one was particularly keen on using it....
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Action Plan: Whole Sale
of Walmart’s beauty business. Balbale was a vice president at the Vitamin Shoppe in the mid-2010s when he saw Amazon and startup e-tailers moving into the wellness category. The competition inspired him to transition into the e-commerce...
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- 15 Aug 2021
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You’ve Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America
spend money in a particular area (travel, tech, health) and guide them to their purchases, while taking a cut.” The Times piece argues that the Red Ventures’ success represents “a challenge to the oligopolistic dominance of Amazon over...
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